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30 - Biggest shareholder, remember?

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Mrs. Olivia and her husband summoned Ethan to the family house upon hearing the recent changes in the board.

“What the hell are you doing, son?” Olivia asked before her husband made an entry. “How could you make her a part of the board?!”

Ethan wanted to speak, but the words were lodged in his throat. How could he tell his mother that their company was in the hands of his wife?

How could he explain that April had gone out of his control and now secretly called the shots in their beloved company? Since the day he discovered his cunning wife’s ways, everything had gone downhill.

“Lucy Garfield was betraying us,” he managed to say before his father stepped into the conversation.

“And the best person to replace her was your pregnant wife?!” the elderly man roared. “Have you lost your brains? Have you gone mad, Ethan?!”

Ethan’s mouth shook at the fury of his father. He fell to the floor. “April has more knowledge and experience than you give her credit for, Father!

“She can handle the posi
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